titleThree of Lifeentry description
This image was achieved overlaying 12 pictures taken consecutively on location, 9 performing light paintings with fireworks in different parts of the three, with the assistance of a long rod, and 3 final ones firing a flash to illuminate the three as a whole. Nothing was created on photoshop apart from this process of overlaying images with the lighten blending mode and some contrast and color adjustments.

“Three of Life” is part of an ongoing series and the result of several years of research on long exposure photography. The usage of ND filters was vital to find a perfect balance between the fading twilight and the brightness of the fireworks. The Brazilian savana called "Cerrado" was the scenery for these experimentations and home to the portrayed three, called “Cagaita”. Like a burst of life, it blossoms only during a couple of weeks per year, replacing all its leaves by white flowers when the dry season is coming to an end and the rains begin to fall again. Thus the use of fire, with cautions, to portray this landscape enhances the heat and dry aspects of the environment at this time of year in central Brazil. about the photographer
Vitor Schietti was born in Brasilia, capital of Brazil in 1986, but feels like a citizen of the world, having lived and travelled across over 20 countries by the age of 30. Photographing his journeys across the globe, exploring long exposure photography, producing concept videos and rock climbing are among his favourite things.

While dedicated to his authorial work, much based on the study of the unconscious and of the dream realm, Schietti also ran, for six years, a photographic studio specialised in advertising and corporate photography in Brasilia.

He’s participated in over a dozen exhibits, among collective and individual and sold fine art prints all over the world, most recently and currently at a parallel exhibit at the Venice Biennale 2017, from May to November. Schietti's series “Impermanent Sculptures” was also awarded at the PDN 2016 Photo Annual. Vitor is represented by a few galleries in Brazil and is currently living in Barcelona in search of wider horizons to his artistic endeavours.

Schietti has a Bachelor’s degree in communication through the University of Brasilia. He also attended short courses of filmmaking at NYFA, in Los Angeles, and at AIC, in Sao Paulo and is often involved in video productions.